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Afghans face presidential vote amid violence, corruption
Millions of Afghans are expected to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, despite an upsurge of violence in the weeks since the collapse of a U.S.-Taliban deal to end America’s longest war, and the Taliban warning voters to say away from the polls.
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A bipartisan report calls for the US to halt its withdrawal from Syria
Absent U.S. assistance in the region, America risks handing the reins of the country’s future to a resurgent ISIS, al-Qaida offshoots and the maligned interests of Iran, Russia and other actors in the region.
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Iran president warns of a region ‘on the edge of collapse’
Iran’s president used the world’s stage on Wednesday to warn that security in the Persian Gulf could unravel with a “single blunder” and its fragile peace be guaranteed only by the region’s countries, not through U.S. intervention or Washington’s “merciless economic terrorism.”
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Navy warships roaming Arctic waters
Officials say that they haven’t spotted any Russian vessels. So far.
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The DoD authorized eligible service members to wear medal for the NATO mission in Iraq
The NATO mission in Iraq is a noncombat advisory mission designed to support Iraqi security forces and military education institutions in the country as part of the broader effort to defeat ISIS militants.
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Airstrike in Libya kills 11 ISIS members, AFRICOM says
The airstrike, near Murzuq, “was conducted to eliminate ISIS terrorists and deny them the ability to conduct attacks on the Libyan people,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Gayler, AFRICOM’s director of operations, in a media release. “This effort demonstrates the resolve of the U.S. and our Libyan partners to deny safe havens to terrorists”
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NATO leader: Tricky times show need for international groups
While some world leaders championed national self-interest and decried globalism, NATO’s secretary-general said Tuesday that the case for the alliance is only growing stronger.
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Trump attacks globalism and urges pressure on Iran at UN
President Donald Trump stood before world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and rejected “globalism” and liberal immigration policies while exhorting the world to act against Iran’s “bloodlust.” His speech and subsequent meetings had to compete with news from Washington that the House is moving forward with an impeachment inquiry.
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Unsafe intercepts involving NATO aircraft have decreased, and often are the result of a ‘hot-dogging’ pilot, top general says
“In many of the cases where they’re unsafe, when you take a look at the experience level of the operators that were involved, it typically turns into a young man or woman that was probably just hot-dogging it a little bit more than they should.” – U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, NATO’s Supreme Allied…
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Rocket attack hits near US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone
Two rockets were fired into the capital’s fortified Green Zone Monday evening, landing around one kilometer (a half-mile) from the U.S. Embassy amid soaring tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
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Afghans face presidential vote amid violence, corruption
Millions of Afghans are expected to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, despite an upsurge of violence in the weeks since the collapse of a U.S.-Taliban deal to end America’s longest war, and the Taliban warning voters to say away from the polls.
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A bipartisan report calls for the US to halt its withdrawal from Syria
Absent U.S. assistance in the region, America risks handing the reins of the country’s future to a resurgent ISIS, al-Qaida offshoots and the maligned interests of Iran, Russia and other actors in the region.
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Iran president warns of a region ‘on the edge of collapse’
Iran’s president used the world’s stage on Wednesday to warn that security in the Persian Gulf could unravel with a “single blunder” and its fragile peace be guaranteed only by the region’s countries, not through U.S. intervention or Washington’s “merciless economic terrorism.”
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Navy warships roaming Arctic waters
Officials say that they haven’t spotted any Russian vessels. So far.
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The DoD authorized eligible service members to wear medal for the NATO mission in Iraq
The NATO mission in Iraq is a noncombat advisory mission designed to support Iraqi security forces and military education institutions in the country as part of the broader effort to defeat ISIS militants.
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Airstrike in Libya kills 11 ISIS members, AFRICOM says
The airstrike, near Murzuq, “was conducted to eliminate ISIS terrorists and deny them the ability to conduct attacks on the Libyan people,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Gayler, AFRICOM’s director of operations, in a media release. “This effort demonstrates the resolve of the U.S. and our Libyan partners to deny safe havens to terrorists”
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NATO leader: Tricky times show need for international groups
While some world leaders championed national self-interest and decried globalism, NATO’s secretary-general said Tuesday that the case for the alliance is only growing stronger.
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Trump attacks globalism and urges pressure on Iran at UN
President Donald Trump stood before world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and rejected “globalism” and liberal immigration policies while exhorting the world to act against Iran’s “bloodlust.” His speech and subsequent meetings had to compete with news from Washington that the House is moving forward with an impeachment inquiry.
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Unsafe intercepts involving NATO aircraft have decreased, and often are the result of a ‘hot-dogging’ pilot, top general says
“In many of the cases where they’re unsafe, when you take a look at the experience level of the operators that were involved, it typically turns into a young man or woman that was probably just hot-dogging it a little bit more than they should.” – U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, NATO’s Supreme Allied…
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Rocket attack hits near US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone
Two rockets were fired into the capital’s fortified Green Zone Monday evening, landing around one kilometer (a half-mile) from the U.S. Embassy amid soaring tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
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Afghans face presidential vote amid violence, corruption
Millions of Afghans are expected to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, despite an upsurge of violence in the weeks since the collapse of a U.S.-Taliban deal to end America’s longest war, and the Taliban warning voters to say away from the polls.
-
A bipartisan report calls for the US to halt its withdrawal from Syria
Absent U.S. assistance in the region, America risks handing the reins of the country’s future to a resurgent ISIS, al-Qaida offshoots and the maligned interests of Iran, Russia and other actors in the region.
-
Iran president warns of a region ‘on the edge of collapse’
Iran’s president used the world’s stage on Wednesday to warn that security in the Persian Gulf could unravel with a “single blunder” and its fragile peace be guaranteed only by the region’s countries, not through U.S. intervention or Washington’s “merciless economic terrorism.”
-
Navy warships roaming Arctic waters
Officials say that they haven’t spotted any Russian vessels. So far.
-
The DoD authorized eligible service members to wear medal for the NATO mission in Iraq
The NATO mission in Iraq is a noncombat advisory mission designed to support Iraqi security forces and military education institutions in the country as part of the broader effort to defeat ISIS militants.
-
Airstrike in Libya kills 11 ISIS members, AFRICOM says
The airstrike, near Murzuq, “was conducted to eliminate ISIS terrorists and deny them the ability to conduct attacks on the Libyan people,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Gayler, AFRICOM’s director of operations, in a media release. “This effort demonstrates the resolve of the U.S. and our Libyan partners to deny safe havens to terrorists”
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NATO leader: Tricky times show need for international groups
While some world leaders championed national self-interest and decried globalism, NATO’s secretary-general said Tuesday that the case for the alliance is only growing stronger.
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Trump attacks globalism and urges pressure on Iran at UN
President Donald Trump stood before world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and rejected “globalism” and liberal immigration policies while exhorting the world to act against Iran’s “bloodlust.” His speech and subsequent meetings had to compete with news from Washington that the House is moving forward with an impeachment inquiry.
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Unsafe intercepts involving NATO aircraft have decreased, and often are the result of a ‘hot-dogging’ pilot, top general says
“In many of the cases where they’re unsafe, when you take a look at the experience level of the operators that were involved, it typically turns into a young man or woman that was probably just hot-dogging it a little bit more than they should.” – U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, NATO’s Supreme Allied…
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Rocket attack hits near US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone
Two rockets were fired into the capital’s fortified Green Zone Monday evening, landing around one kilometer (a half-mile) from the U.S. Embassy amid soaring tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
